Shell Island Adventure: Kayaking and Snorkeling

Sail to Shell Island for kayaking, paddle boarding, snorkeling, and an inflatable water park. End with a dolphin search in the Gulf of Mexico.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 4114 Jan Cooley Dr - Your 3-hour trip on our 52-foot catamaran Privateer will include a scenic dolphin boat tour through Grand Lagoon to Shell Island. Enjoy the tropical scenery and music as you look for dolphins along the way. There will be lots of fun waiting for you when you arrive at the inflatable water park at Shell Island, Panama City…
What's Included
  • Restroom onboard
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Beverages (Please note our bar accepts debit/credit card transactions only.)
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Snacks
Additional Information

We’ll begin this adventure with a sail through the Grand Lagoon area to our own private playground area off of Shell Island. Once you arrive, you’ll enjoy kayaking, paddle boarding, snorkeling, and an inflatable water park equipped with trampolines, water slides, seesaw ball and more on this 3 hour adventure cruise! At the end of the tour, we’ll go…

Location
4114 Jan Cooley Dr
Jan Cooley Drive
This tour departs from behind The Bluegreen Bayside Resort & Spa. You'll park at the resort, walk around the right side and check in at our kiosk. There is a 5-7 minute walk down the dock. Please let us know ahead of time if you need extra assistance and make sure to arrive 40 min prior to sail.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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J6979ewkarenr
Jul 15, 2025
Would go again - Mike, Keagan, and crew were fantastic! This is a nice quick tour, where you can do/experience a little bit of everything!
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Daniel_r
Jul 15, 2025
Had a great time - Great experience. Bring sunscreen and pack light. Water is free on the boat. The all girl crew did amazing. I was very impressed. Only change I would suggest is in keeping the music a bit more child friendly.
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Kristensf7411os
Jul 15, 2025
Awesome experience - Great group of women leading the tour, we had a blast and honestly it didn’t last long enough . Well worth the money. Best part was snorkeling and the amenities they offer once you get to shell island . Highly recommend!
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B4642vmvictorias
Jul 10, 2025
Must do when in Panama City - This is an absolute must do when in Panama City. The crew is so nice and the boat ride was fun. Also enjoyed the private water activitiea on shell island.
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150karaj
Jul 9, 2025
Beautiful! - We had a great morning! The views were beautiful and this was a great way to enjoy the ocean!! We would do this again! Shout out to a great crew also.
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Deb_k
Jul 18, 2025
It was a little expensive... - It was a little expensive for a family. Another company was about $150 less, and we enjoyed the crew. We, unfortunately, got rained out that day and couldn’t book with them the second try.
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Tate_j
Jul 13, 2025
Shell Island First timer - Really fun. It’s worth the time and money. Captains and crew were amazing! Shell Island is gorgeous. We had been at the beach 3 days, fighting Junegrass. We decided to book a trip to Shell Island. Was not disappointed.
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Shana_m
Jul 17, 2025
Good trip, bad weather - Our tour was cut short because of the weather. Would have been better if we hadn’t had to leave early. Got to see a lot of dolphins.
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Caroline
Jul 15, 2025
Dissatisfied - It showed more blow ups in the water for the kids to jump on but it was very few. The gentleman said they had more ordered but to me it's false advertising. I also expected to be able to go up on shell island and find shells but the ask you not to and the shell are found best behind the boat where to water was to deep to see and to deep to dive and get any. Also it's a 4 hour adventure but you only get to spend 1 1/2 hours in the water. Just wasn't what I was expecting.
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Christina_v
Jul 9, 2025
Heartless staff - We purchased these tickets after combing the ad, not finding any indication this was a big group, 70+ person boat. My nephews, husband and brother in law were on motorcycles on the way, and my brother in law layed his bike down on the way there. He just banged up his elbow a little, and had just a couple spots of road rash, but wanted to continue on and get on the boat anyway. As you can imagine, that pur is behind about 12 minutes. One of the employees called 6 times to see where we were, and how fast we can get there, because other people are on the trip. I asked why the ad said private boat charter, and asked if we could use what we'd paid already to schedule a private tour. She advised me that they didn't have any private tours available, so I told her we'd do our best to get there before the boat left. In the final aggressive call, she let me know that even if we got there in the next few minutes, we wouldn't have time to fill out the waivers. She was very sing song rude about the whole thing. I've been dying to get to shell island every time we've come to pcb, and when she said they wouldn't refund the trip or apply it to a private charter, it was pretty upsetting. I sat in their driveway crying while they continued to be rude to my nephew when he went in to tri to see if there was anything else that could be done. She just kept smiling at him and telling him the ad says pRiVaTeEr not private, insinuating that I must be an idiot for getting that wrong. The people here are not very nice, understanding or good hearted. Would not advise giving them your hard earned money or support. I'm super disappointed that they are keeping my $400.
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From $55
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).